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Northlight

A one-person studio, from the first note to the delivered gallery.

I'm Rae. I photograph brands and the people who build them. Northlight is a one-person studio — you work with me from the first note to the delivered gallery, not a rotating team.

Eight years ago I left an in-house creative seat to shoot for the makers and small businesses I actually wanted to help. Since then I've made pictures for perfumers, shoemakers, founders, and the occasional magazine.

I care about two things: the work looking bold enough to earn a second look, and you owning what we make. The galleries are yours. The files are yours. I don't hold your clients hostage behind someone else's login.

Rae Solomon at work, eye to the camera with a telephoto lens
Rae Solomon · Minneapolis, MN
The Northlight studio — softboxes and a white cyc wall in black and white
The studio, between sessions
260+
Sessions shot
8
Years independent
90+
Brands served

The work after the work.

Client notes

“Rae made the bottle look like the thing we had been describing for two years. The launch run sold out in nine days.”

Mara Est · Founder, Véla Parfum

“First photo of me that actually looks like me. It closed more doors than my deck did.”

Dr. Ana Reyes · Founder

“One studio day carried the whole launch — the site, the retail deck, three weeks of posts.”

Theo Marlow · Brand lead, Halden Trail Co.

“Eleven partners, one look. Nobody believed the whole wall came from a single setup.”

June Alder · Managing partner, Alder & Finch

Start with the date.

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The photographs on this demo site.

Northlight is a fictional studio. Its portfolio is stock photography, credited here with thanks.